Category Archives: Leaders & People

Brilliantly crafted Explosive Growth: A Few Things I Learned While Growing to 100 Million Users and Losing $78 Million by Cliff Lerner, founder and CEO of SNAP Interactive, Inc., is essential reading for every entrepreneur and leader seeking innovative solutions for their industry. Lerner’s insights and experiences are as though he mastered the art of archery … Continue reading →

The spy business is personal. Eva Dillon, author of “Spies in the Family” draws back the curtain of the Cold War to reveal the human side of two remarkable spies – one American, her father, Paul L. Dillon and the other codenamed TOPHAT, General Dmitri Fedorovich Polyakov, a Soviet intelligence officer, who volunteered to spy … Continue reading →

Leading security experts joined the Hellenic American Womens Council (HAWC) 23rd annual conference “Recognize the Threat: Be Ready to Act” to raise awareness and provide practical solutions to mitigate any direct threat. Many may say, “terrorism or violent acts won’t happen where I live”. However, Dr. Terry Gudaitis, founder of Mindstar Security and Profiling; Debra Anderson, … Continue reading →

Ever wish for a tool to help you plan, strategize and accomplish your goals? A favorite is Leonie Dawson’s workbooks and daily planners. Dawson is an award winning entrepreneur from Australia who has sold millions of her workbooks to other entrepreneurs. Sassy Australian straight talk and permission to be creative has opened the door for … Continue reading →

Rock climbers have a unique perspective of the world. Rock climbers ignite the magic to glide to the edge of the world defying fear and gravity to see beyond themselves. Experiencing that space between certainty and uncertainty, predicability and unpredictability, failure and success. Kai Lightner, a young rock climbing champion from Fayetteville, North Carolina, balances on … Continue reading →

Special post in support for the British Arab Centre in London. First staged in Amman in 2013, and the subject of an award winning documentary, Developing Artists presents Refuge Productions’ Queens of Syria, an adaptation of Euripides anti-war tragedy, The Trojan Women. Performed by an all-female cast of Syrian refugees, the production skilfully amalgamates the … Continue reading →

Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal AustraliaJune 1, 2018 at 10:30 am – September 30, 2018 at 11:30 amThe Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009, United StatesNine leading contemporary female artists from remote Aboriginal communities across Australia are featured in the exhibit whose works are part of the private collection of Miami-based collectors and philanthropists Debra and Dennis Scholl.

Spiked: The Unpublished Political Cartoons of Rob RogersJuly 18, 2018 – September 8, 2018Corcoran School of the Arts & Design GW, 500 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, USAPop up exhibition of unpublished political cartoons by Rob Rogers whose employer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, refused to publish over the course of three months. Explore the art of political cartoons and freedom of the press.

Full Circle: Hue and Saturation in the Washington Color SchoolJuly 21, 2018 – October 26, 2018Corcoran School of the Arts & Design GW, 500 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, USADrawing from the George Washington University Collection along with critical loans, paintings and mixed media, this exhibition provides examples of the Washington Color School and its legacy. It is the first exhibition for the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery in its news space in the Corcoran, a fitting venue for many of the artists represented,…

Bridging Boundaries: ReopeningJuly 21, 2018 – August 19, 2018Corcoran School of the Arts & Design GW, 500 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, USAGeorege Washington University Professor Joseph Kunkel, a Northern Cheyenne tribal member, draws from his own experience as an architect and community designer, with extensive experience researching building capacity in Native American communities. During the exhibition, a mural will be created by Texas graffiti artist Joerael Julian-Elliott.

Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal AustraliaNovember 1, 2018The University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, CanadaNine leading contemporary female artists from remote Aboriginal communities across Australia are featured in the exhibit whose works are part of the private collection of Miami-based collectors and philanthropists Debra and Dennis Scholl.